The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 28, 2021In a world of data can we still use intuition? I spent the better part of today either sitting on or walking on the beach at Pawleys Island South Carolina. When ever my wife and I come we tend to make sure we see the sunrise every morning. It was supposed…

Bird Droppings June 26, 2021 Trying to find a way back to normal or is it abnormal “Your son or daughter may be flashing warning signals that he or she will soon drop out of society and join the “hippie” movement. If you know what to look for, you may be able to prevent it.”…

Bird Droppings June 25, 2021 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity Over the past week or so I worked on several paper ideas, had pacemaker surgery, dabbled in my yard briefly to the extent I could right hand only, started getting beach stuff dusted off, cleared spider webs, and seriously was thinking about driving…

Bird Droppings June 24, 2021It takes more than one strand to make a rope I opened a Matthew Fox daily meditation, and it was based on Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk. Merton’s words were of his Celtic heritage and his grandmother’s family name Bird. I found it interesting as I know my grandmother’s family came…

Bird droppings June 23, 2021Translating and communicating “Scientific management is always on guard against people who don’t fit securely into boxes, whether because of too much competency, too much creativity, too much popularity or what have you. Although often hired, it is with the understanding they must be kept on a short leash and regarded…

Bird Droppings June 22, 2021Today should always be a first day “I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.” Lone Man (Isna-la-wica)Teton Sioux So often in life we think we are the one. We can do it all on our own with absolutely…

Bird Droppings June 21, 2021 Constructivism Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky, Dewey, and others Friday, I had a heart pacemaker installed. It is good for eight to ten years and amazingly I feel considerably better. My heart rate had been going as low as thirty-six and fluctuating all through the day. I was fatigued and tired all…

Bird Droppings June 17, 2021 Why do we wish, wonder and wait? “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant It has been nearly fifteen years since we moved last and found ourselves in this house.  I was not sure from where to start several ideas have been running…

Bird Droppings June 15, 2021Should we be pondering the idea of faith? I have been indirectly involved in several discussions lately involving the word faith. So, I did a bit of research and thinking. “Modern technology advanced in such tiny increments for so long that we never realized how much our world was being altered,…

Bird Droppings June 14, 2021Teaching and or 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu I walked in the house from running a few errands and after unloading my car, swam about a half mile and sat down to write. This could be my second time I will be missing out on my first day…